choppy
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choppy (comparative choppier, superlative choppiest)
- (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves.
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled![1]:
- Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.
- 2022 November 30, “Network News: First pays out interim dividend after reporting £37m pre-tax profit”, in RAIL, number 971, page 24:
- Safely navigating choppy waters has allowed FirstGroup to pay its first interim dividend for almost a decade, and only its second since payments restarted in August.
- Discontinuous, intermittent.
- The sound is choppy in this video.
- (of wind) Shifting, variable
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having many small, rough waves
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discontinuous, intermittent
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